Welcome to Day 3 of Varsity Letters’ 2017 Recruits List week.
Yesterday, we looked at football and we opened the week Tuesday with soccer. Today, it’s time to look at volleyball.
The following is our schedule for the rest of the week:
Friday, July 7 — Basketball
Saturday, July 8 — The entire list, including baseball, cross-country, field hockey, golf, hockey, lacrosse, rowing, rugby, swimming, track and field, and wrestling.
Here’s our list of player destinations:
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
NCAA
DIV. 1
BIG SKY
EASTERN WASHINGTON
Jayde Robertson (6-3 MB, South Delta)
DIV. 2
GNAC
SIMON FRASER
Mia Ricci (5-11 OH, Vancouver-Notre Dame), Bianca Te (5-7 DS/L, Burnaby-St. Thomas More), Farnaaz Johal (6-1 MB, Penticton-Princess Margaret), Julia Tays (5-10 S, Winnipeg (Man.)-St. Mary’s Academy)
USPORTS
CANADA WEST
MACEWAN
Hannah May (5-11, Victoria-Belmont)
THOMPSON RIVERS
Katie Ludvig (5-8 L/OH, Kamloops-Sa-Hali), Morgan Rigelhof (5-9 OH, outside hitter, St. Albert (Alta.) Catholic, Augustana), Anastasiia Muzyka (6-2 S, Azerail Baku (Azerbaijan)-Gymnasium 14 Poltava)
TRINITY WESTERN
Avery Heppell (6-4, OH, Langley Fundamental), Ansah Odoom (5-10 OH, Surrey-Lord Tweedsmuir), Dora Komlodi (5-8 S, Calgary-Holy Trinity Academy)
UBC
Courtney Hillier (6-2 OH, Fredericton (N.B.)-Sainte-Anne), Sara Pantovic (6-1 OH, Vancouver-King George, Arizona State University), Danae Shephard (6-2 M, Kelowna-Okanagan Mission, Capilano University), Kiera Van Ryk (6-2 OH, Surrey Christian)
UBC OKANAGAN
Ann Richards (6-3 M, Assiniboia (Sask.), Central Florida), Sadie Taylor-Parks (6-1 M, Kelowna), MacKenzie Wallace (6-1 M, Lake Country-George Elliot)
OUA
QUEEN’S
Saffron van der Linde (6-0, M/RS, Vancouver-Britannia), Kennedy Bonner (6-1 OH, South Delta)
TORONTO
Hayley Goodwin (6-0 S, Nanaimo-Dover Bay)
RSEQ
MCGILL
Tara Coble (5-11 S, Surrey-Earl Marriott)
AUS
ACADIA
Taylor Collombin (6-1 OH, Mill Bay-Brentwood College)
NEW BRUNSWICK
Paige Lehto (5-9 S, North Vancouver-Windsor)
ST. MARY’S
Kennady Wright (5-11 OH, Vernon-Kalamalka)
CCAA
PACWEST
CAMOSUN
Ashley Evin (5-10, Kamloops-Valleyview), Grace Kazanowski (6-1, Victoria-Stelly’s), Correina McNeice (5-5, Terrance-Caledonia), Lauren Montgomery-Stinson (6-0, Victoria-Claremont), Kyra Schroeder (5-9, Victoria-Mt. Douglas), Jessica Lane (5-11 OH, Victoria-Mount Douglas)
CAPILANO
Sarah Curleigh (OH, North Vancouver-Handsworth), Emma Schill (LS, Surrey-Earl Marriott), Mackenzy Sparks-Guest (OH, Coquitlam-Gleneagle), Zoe Dendes (5-9 S, Nanaimo-Dover Bay)
COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES
Megan Beckett (6-0 OH, Victoria-Camosun), Sarah Calkin (6-1 OH, Calgary-Lord Beaverberook, Memorial), Morgan Charlton (5-8 OH, Cranbrook-Mt. Baker), Randi Dalquist (6-0 M, Calgary-Bowness), Katie Friesen (5-10 S, Steinbach (Man.) Regional), Presley Gould (6-0 M, Saskatoon-St. Joseph), Janine Harach (5-10 S, Cranbrook-Mt. Baker), Chloe Holroyd (6-0 M, Winnipeg-Vincent Massey Collegiate), Ashley Huberts (5-10 OH, Abbotsford-MEI), Brooke Lightburn (5-6 L, Cranbrook-Mt. Baker), Taylor Whittal (5-10 OH, Roberts Creek-Elphinstone)
COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE
Rebecca Vanderdeen (5-10 OH, Vernon Christian), Teigan Arends (5-10 OH, Waldheim, Sask.), Cheyenne Heidebrecht (5-10 OH, Kelowna Christian)
DOUGLAS
Natalie Demers (5-8 L, Kelowna), Laura Greene (5-11 M, Nanaimo District), Emily Hoffman (5-11 M, Penticton), Caet McCorkell (6-0 OH, Kamloops-Sa-Hali), Kendra Potskin (5-11 M, Prince George), Sarah Watson (6-1 OH, Kelowna), Bailey Zulinick (6-0 OH, Lake Country-George Elliot)
FRASER VALLEY
Alexis Edwards (5-9 RS, Abbotsford-MEI), Olivia Heinen (5-10 S, Langley Christian), Karissa Marazzi (5-2 L, Abbotsford-MEI), Lauren Poirier (6-3 M, Port Coquitlam-Riverside)
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Madison McDonald (6-0 OH, Nanaimo-Dover Bay)
NWAC
BLUE MOUNTAIN C.C.
Maddie Yule (5-10 OH, Powell River-Brooks)
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
NCAA
DIV. 1
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
Ashley Klassen (5-9 S, South Delta)
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
U SPORTS
CANADA WEST
THOMPSON RIVERS
Landon Currie (5-9 L, Vernon-Clarence Fulton),Tim Dobbert, (6-8, Aichelberg (Germany), Brigham Young), Alex Cassels (6-9 S, St. Paul (Man.)-Selkirk, College of the Rockies)
TRINITY WESTERN
Jesse Elser (6-8 OH, Calgary-Dr. EP Scarlett), Derek Epp (6-5 S, Saskatoon-Marion Graham), Jackson Howe (6-5 M, Calgary-Dr. E.P. Scarlett), Colton Loewen (6-0 L, Abbotsford-MEI)
UBC
Zechariah Johnson (6-1 S, Langley Fundamental), Coltyn Liu (6-5 OH, Vancouver Technical), Fynn McCarthy (6-6 M, Lake Country-George Elliot), Nathan Teasdale (6-4 OH, Surrey-Pacific Academy), Keith West (6-4 OH, Lethbridge (Alta.)-Chinook, University of Calgary)
UBC OKANAGAN
Caleb Funk (6-7 M, Strathmore (Alta.)), Zac Gotmy (5-10 L, Calgary-Western Canada); Max Heppell (6-4 LS, Langley Fundamental), Morgan Nichols (6-2 S, Lake Country-George Elliot), Lucas Robertson (6-4 S, Edmonton-Strathcona Composite, Grand Prairie Regional College), Tristan Simmonds (6-2 LS, Grand Prairie Composite High, Grand Prairie Regional College); Tilon (TJ) Ward (6-8 M, Kelowna Christian)
CCAA
PACWEST
CAMOSUN
Dale MacDonell (6-6, Victoria-Pacific Christian), Markeith Thonger (6-4, Victoria, Reynolds), Lorenz Vogel (6-5, Victoria-Claremont)
CAPILANO
Trevor Deshane (M, Surrey-Fraser Heights), Alex McLean (LS, Kamloops-Valleyview), Justin Mo (L, Vancouver-Killarney)
COLLEGE OF THE ROCKIES
Kyle Butchart (6-3 OH, Kelowna)
COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE
Quin Reimer (5-11 OH/L, Prince George), Graham Walkey (5-11 S, Prince George-College Heights), Jackson Kathler (6-3 OH, Kelowna Christian), Ian Regier (6-0 OH/L, Winnipeg-Calvin Christian), Jacob Molitwenik (6-2 OH, Vernon Christian)
DOUGLAS
Bobby Blaskovits (6-2 S, Kelowna-Mount Boucherie), Nick Hansen (6-0 L, Prince George-College Heights), Keatan Mann (6-4 L, Delta), Reid Marriott (6-3 OH, Langley Christian), Ben Shand (6-3 OH, Prince George-College Heights), Phil Stahl (6-3 MB, Langley Fundamental), Greg Moore (6-7 OH, North Delta-Burnsview), John Colobong (6-0 L, Burnaby South)
FRASER VALLEY
Ian Jagersma (6-10 M, Edmonton-Parkland Immanuel Christian), Matt Kornelsen (5-8 L, Abbotsford-MEI), Brendan Loewen (6-1 S, Abbotsford-MEI), Lucas Mantel (6-3 OH, Terrace-Centennial Christian), Dylan Neudorf (6-2 M, Abbotsford-MEI), Justin Peleshytyk (6-3 OH, Kelowna), Landon Uy (5-7 OH, Prince George-Cedars Christian)
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Isaac Bevis (6-0 S, Nanaimo-Dover Bay), Adam Kapteyn (6-6 MB, Duncan Christian), Josh Gray (6-4 LS, Mooroolbark (Aust.)-Billanook College)
ACAC
THE KINGS
Evan Veldman (6-4, Terrace-Centennial Christian)
KNOW OF SOMEONE (mens or womens) WHO HAS BEEN MISSED? Send name, high school or transferring university, destination school, height and position to varsitylettersbc@gmail.com
Varsity Letters thanks all of those across the country who have helped put this list together. Locally, special thanks to sports information directors Wilson Wong (UBC), Steve Frost (Simon Fraser), Graham Matthews (Camosun), Ali Baggott (Victoria), CJ Pentland (Capilano), Mark Janzen and Scott Stewart (TWU), Dylan Thompson (College of the Rockies), Cary Mellon (UBC Okanagan), Matt Kaminski (Columbia Bible College), Larry Read (Thompson Rivers), Brent Dunlop (Vancouver Island), Dan Kinvig (Fraser Valley), Mollie Stelmack (Quest), Rich Abney (UNBC), Carly Scarr (Langara) and Sean Velasco (Douglas College).
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